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Uniontown Police & ALEA investigate rash of shootings

From the West Alabama Newsroom– Uniontown Police are investigating a string of shootings — that left one person dead — another person paralyzed — and two people hurt. Chief Pamela Wilson made history 3 weeks ago — when she was sworn in as the first black female police chief — in the city of Uniontown. Then during her second week…

Selma Police Investigate Two Weekend Shootings

From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Police are investigating a couple of shootings — that left four people hurt over the weekend. Police say a woman is in critical condition after a Friday night shooting. Selma Assistant Police Chief — Captain Natasha Fowlkes says the shooting Friday — happened at the Woodrow East subdivision — at around ten. The victim…

MPD Investigates 2 Separate Wednesday Night Shootings

Montgomery Police say they are investigating 2 separate Wednesday night shootings that occurred around the same time, 8:00 p.m. The first shooting in question took place on the 200 block of Tallapoosa St. When police arrived at the scene the night of March 31. An adult male was found suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. A similar scenario occurred on…

Police: 2 People Found Shot to Death in Midfield, Alabama

MIDFIELD, Ala. (AP) – Police say two people were found shot to death in Midfield. Al.com reports that the bodies were found blocks away from each other Wednesday night. Police Chief Jesse Bell says the two shootings are believed to be related. Bell says officers arrived to find a female in her late teens unresponsive in a Dodge Charger. She…

Strange Seeks Community Help in Curbing Gun Violence

Gun crimes are on the rise in Montgomery. Officials are asking the community to help them curb violent crime. Just last weekend, 11 people were injured in 6 shootings. “the bottom line is we’ve got too many guns, its gun violence, the way they settle conflicts today, it’s through guns.” At his weekly briefing Thursday, Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange said…

A Bloody Weekend in Montgomery.

Police probe three double shootings.

The third occurred this afternoon when two women showed up at a Montgomery hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. Police say they don’t know where the women were shot…and they’re still investigating the circumstances. The other shootings happened Saturday, one on Mobile Highway and the other on Queensbury Drive. One of the Mobile Highway victims had injuries that were described…

Four Shot in Two Montgomery Shootings on Saturday

One with life threatening injuries

The first shooting came about 1:00 pm, with police locating two men who had been shot, one of them with life threatening injuries. It happened in the 46-hundred block of mobile highway. Both victims were hospitalized. Later in the afternoon police went to the 900 block of Queensbury Drive. Authorities say a man and a teenage girl were hospitalized with…